Speeches by Gemmell.

“Have you had that commitment?”

“Are there any areas where the Government should have gone further in giving you a role in overseeing the implementation of the treaty?”

“We heard from the Chief Minister about the impending UK-Gibraltar concordat. Can you update us on the state of play on the UK Government’s side?”

“Do you feel, at the moment, that you are in a position where you need to review the foreign interference offence? This Committee is concerned about its workability in practice, particularly in establishing that the action was instructed by a foreign actor. Do you feel there is a need to review the offence right now and…”

“The Chair has outlined our serious concerns about hostile Iranian activity seeking to undermine Scottish democracy, particularly in the debate on Scottish independence. The Rycroft Review said there was nothing in the public domain that would allow the general public to understand whether the Iranian effects are down t…”

“Looking at the foreign interference offence, since the law has changed do you think platforms are taking this offence seriously? What changes have you seen to their behaviour and activity?”

“What are the top risk factors that they have set out? What are the risk factors that you are most concerned about?”

“Do you have an idea of the type of spend and resource that platforms are putting into monitoring and assessing this risk?”

“Do you have a sense of the total Government spending or allocation on monitoring or responding to foreign interference threats? Could you share that with us in writing?”

“That would be helpful. With what you have seen so far, do you have concerns about the operationalisation of the foreign interference offence?”

“On your ideas about further user empowerment, what do you think about ungeotagged content or content where users cannot find out the location of the sender or the originator of a message? What more can we do about that?”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for setting out the UK’s position that the future of Greenland is for the people of Greenland and the Danes to decide. It is not right that one of our closest and oldest allies is threatening us with economic sanctions, so I have two questions for the Foreign Secretary. First, how will she…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for the announcement of £11 million of local growth funding for Ayrshire. Ayrshire boasts internationally successful businesses in the engineering, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defence and energy sectors, and I have been working with my excellent Ayrshire colleagues and the Ayrshire…”

“2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support economic growth in Scotland.”

“The UK’s overriding interest should be to maintain international law, keep as many countries as possible in the global rules-based order and ensure that what has happened in Venezuela is not a gift to Russia or China. Is the Foreign Secretary sure that we can maintain our position at the Security Council and promote ou…”

“My constituency is home to NATS—the good kind, helpfully, because NATS is the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services. It employs 5,000 people around the country and 500 in Central Ayrshire, and exports its world-class expertise around the world. Will the Minister meet me to discuss that great British suc…”

“11. What steps his Department is taking to help create economic growth.”

“Is that allowed?”

“You have a responsibility to be an adult!”

“Will my hon. Friend allow me to put on the record my thanks to my constituent Patricia Kennedy and the pre-1997 pensions justice campaign for asking for exactly what she suggests? The Minister has taken a brave decision on the Pension Protection Fund pensions, and we should try to do that now for those pre-1997 pension…”